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Aerosol generating and delivery device

  • US 7,905,229 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2007
  • Issued: 03/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An aerosol generating and delivery device comprising:

  • a liquid feed tube having a liquid feed channel with a liquid feed channel exit orifice, an end-wall face and a sidewall, wherein the end wall face between the liquid feed channel exit orifice and a perimeter of the liquid feed tube is substantially normal to a diverting portion of the sidewall of the liquid feed tube; and

    a compressed fluid feed channel having a compressed fluid exit orifice, the compressed fluid exit orifice being spaced from the diverting portion of the sidewall, the compressed fluid exit orifice being configured to direct a stream of compressed fluid toward the diverting portion of the sidewall, the diverting portion of the sidewall being configured to disrupt a portion of the stream of compressed fluid, the disrupted portion of the stream of compressed fluid being configured to atomize a liquid from the liquid exit orifice.

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